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Lakeland Police Department

City agencyFL0531200NIBRS since 2023LEMAS 2020

Polk County, Florida

Serves ~115,283 residents · LEMAS survey

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Crime & staffing trends

No snapshot trend data is stored for this agency yet. Explore its full crime and employment history directly on the FBI Crime Data Explorer, which covers UCR summary data, NIBRS incidents, and police employment for ORI FL0531200.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Larceny-theft: victim & offender age · 94 victims, 189 offenders
Victim sex
Female47 (50%)
Male46 (49%)
Unknown1 (1%)
Victim race
White61 (66%)
Black or African American31 (33%)
Asian1 (1%)
Incident location
Residence/Home44 (26%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage30 (18%)
Department/Discount Store29 (17%)
Grocery/Supermarket13 (8%)
Specialty Store12 (7%)
Shopping Mall7 (4%)

Top 6 of 19 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property5 (18%)
Weapon Law Violations5 (18%)
Identity Theft4 (14%)
False Pretenses/Swindle/Confidence Game4 (14%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations4 (14%)
Drug Equipment Violations4 (14%)

Top 6 of 8 categories shown.

Open data

Curated sources
LakelandFlorida1 dataset · arcgis

Lakeland Police Public Gallery

Last checked 2026-07-03

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
239
Part-time sworn
6
Full-time civilian
110
Part-time civilian
5
Total FT employees
349
Population served
115,283
Operating budget
$45,152,748
Body-worn cameras: noCommunity policing plan: yes

Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2013213117$36,301,786
2007234116$30,000,000
2003225113$23,874,485
2000234116$19,400,000
1999233106
199721099
199322779
199019774

Staffing as reported in each BJS LEMAS survey wave; wave links go to the ICPSR study pages.

FBI police employment

Employment counts for this agency are available through the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Open data

Lakeland Police Public Gallery

POP conference activity

No POP conference submissions matched to this agency in our records.

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